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Italy lists Rome, Milan, and Venice. Austria lists Vienna. Norway’s recent official city is Kongsvinger — not automatically Oslo. Always confirm on jlpt.jp.
India has one of the densest JLPT networks outside East Asia. Each city has its own host row on jlpt.jp — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, and more.
Sri Lanka’s JLPT city on recent official lists is Colombo, hosted by the Japanese Language Education Association of Sri Lanka.
Vietnam lists multiple JLPT cities. Hanoi often splits N1–N2 and N3–N5 across different hosts. Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang have their own host rows on jlpt.jp.
On recent official overseas tables, the United Arab Emirates JLPT city is Abu Dhabi. Do not assume Dubai until jlpt.jp lists it for your sitting.
Mainland China runs the JLPT through NEEA with a large city network (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and dozens more). Hong Kong uses a separate host. Neither uses Japan MyJLPT.
Germany lists multiple JLPT cities on the official overseas table — Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, and Stuttgart on recent snapshots. You register with the local German host for that city, not Japan MyJLPT.
Bangkok’s JLPT follows a local Thai host. The test content matches Japan. The failure mode is leaving too late for traffic and discovering the wrong campus gate.
Delhi/NCR is a high-volume Indian JLPT market. The paper is global; the morning is local traffic. Register through India’s host on jlpt.jp, then treat the admit card campus as gospel.
London is the primary U.K. JLPT city. You register with the British local host listed on jlpt.jp. The exam is identical to Japan’s; the logistics are Tube schedules and campus wayfinding.
New York is the flagship U.S. JLPT city. Registration runs through the U.S. host process (AATJ / local site linked from jlpt.jp), not JEES MyJLPT. Your ticket names the building; weekend subway changes name the stress.
Singapore’s JLPT is compact and competitive. The city is easy to navigate; the hard part is getting a seat when the local registration window opens.
Seoul is one of the densest overseas JLPT markets. You register through Korea’s local host (not Japan MyJLPT), seats at popular levels disappear early, and your admit card — not a blog — names the campus.
How JLPT exam centers work in Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, New York, London, Delhi, and more — registration differs by country, room rules barely do, and your voucher beats any blog address list.
The JLPT minimum passing score is a total out of 180 plus a floor in every section. N5 needs 80, N4/N2 need 90, N3 needs 95, N1 needs 100 — and one weak section can still fail you.
N4 vs N3 Japanese: vocabulary and kanji roughly double, reading becomes its own scored section, and the pass mark rises to 95. Here’s how to choose which level to sit.
JFT and JLPT are different tests for different goals. JFT-Basic A2 is roughly equivalent to JLPT N4 for the SSW visa (pass score 200+). Choose JFT for a fast SSW timeline; choose JLPT if you need a career credential employers recognize.
Demystifying the JLPT scaled scoring algorithm — Item Response Theory (IRT), pass marks, sectional thresholds (19/60 rule), and score percentiles.
The JLPT has no prerequisites, but skipping levels carries huge failure risks due to sectional scoring floors. Here is the math of jumping levels and how to decide.
N1 pushes vocabulary past 10,000 words, covers all 2,136 Joyo kanji, and raises the pass mark to 100. Here is why the jump from N2 to N1 is the hardest in the series.
N2 is the employment threshold in Japan: vocabulary jumps to ~6,000 words, kanji reaches ~1,000, and reading introduces abstract editorials. Here is what changes and how to choose.
N4 doubles vocabulary to ~1,500 words, triples kanji to ~300, and raises the pass mark to 90. Here is how grammar, listening speed, and exam structure change.
Deciding between N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1? Here is a diagnostic breakdown of vocabulary, kanji, reading speed, and career requirements to find your target level.
The JLPT runs twice a year in Japan and many countries — usually the first Sunday of July and December — with registration opening months ahead. Here is everything about dates, how to register, the N5–N1 format, and test day.
Take your first full-length JLPT mock about six to eight weeks before test day, then a second one in the final two weeks. This guide covers the exact timing to replicate, how to budget each section, and a review routine that turns mistakes into your study plan.
A level-matched reading method for the JLPT — what to read at N5 through N1, a repeatable timed routine, and how to handle unknown kanji without losing the passage.
Practice with real exam questions and timed sectional tests with instant answer feedback.